CT Gas Stations Required by Law to Offer Free Air

Today I did a little research into why some gas stations charge for compressed air to fill up your car tires and others do not.  I found a couple of articles highlighting the fact that California has a State law that requires gas stations to provide free compressed air for customers.  The point of [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup is not evil!

Finally the truth starts to emerge.  The masses are easily scared and difficult to nudge off their trajectory of mis-belief.  Here’s one person who woke up and decided to share the tale with her audience.

From SparkPeople.com…

If you had asked me five years ago if I thought there was something unique about high [...]

Buying local food is better, right?

Generating delicious greenhouse gases

It depends, but in the most relevant case the answer is a resounding NO.  The first question you should ask yourself is this, “how do I define ‘better’?”  By “better” most people tend to put energy consumption at the top of the list.  I mean, why buy tomatoes from [...]

Skeptical Thinking: Do Your Own Research

I was just reading the book “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. It is quite interesting in that it examines the human ability to make [relatively] accurate snap judgements with only a tiny “thin slice” of information. Our subconscious mind picks up on related bits of information and assists the conscious mind in making a decision [...]

Brass Monkey: Differences in Metal Expansion

Be careful what you accept as truth!

In typical web-surfing fashion, I stumbled upon something interesting today. I have recently acquired a cast metal puzzle called “NEWS” by Hanayama.

Although it is rated as one of their toughest puzzles, I was able to solve it last night in just a few [...]

Is Television Really That Bad?

It is currently very fashionable to shun television.  I constantly hear or read about people bragging that their family has been without a television for X months or years.  We are supposed to be impressed by this.  We are supposed to think, “How bold of them!  How can they live without a television?  Maybe [...]

Allergic to Animals: Hair vs. Fur

I’m allergic to dogs and cats.  I’ve had a lot of people tell me that I can have a dog if I find a species that has “hair” instead of “fur”.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that.  It’s a myth.

“Hair” and “fur” are the same thing.  A defining characteristic [...]